Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli is remembered in technology for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli as Italian architect (1700-1771).
Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli was born at Paris in 1700. His recorded nationality is the Russian Empire.
The eighteenth century organised knowledge into academies, expeditions and collections, and turned patronage into something closer to a profession.
He worked as architect.
His affiliations include Imperial Academy of Arts.
Among his principal works are Rundāle Palace, Saint Andrew's Church and Anichkov Palace. Technology is judged by adoption: an invention nobody uses is a curiosity.
His recorded fields of work are architecture.
Working from the Russian Empire shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.
Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli died in 1771, aged 71. What survives is the work, which is the only durable form of a reputation.
Achievements
- Notable work: Rundāle Palace
- Notable work: Saint Andrew's Church
- Notable work: Anichkov Palace
- Notable work: Vorontsov Palace
- Affiliated with Imperial Academy of Arts
- Worked as architect
